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Lykken on Lending

Lykken on Lending

A Weekly Podcast by Mortgage Professionals

08-21-2023 “Rainy Day Women” Who is Getting Stoned Now?

----------------------- 08-21-2023 "Rainy Day Women" Who is Getting Stoned Now? Data stone you when you’re tryin' to lock a loan.  Then data stone you when keeping all your loans.  But you would not feel so all alone.  Everybody will get stoned. The Bond Bears reign.  How can they take mortgage rates to 8%?  They throw stones.  They cast … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

08-14-2023 How’s Your Appetite? “Eat the Rich”

----------------------- Well, rates moved up last morningOn the wrong side of the tradeAnd now Bonds got to thinkin'About all those things Jay saidAbout rich MBS tradesAnd how they make apps sick.In Japan and Europe, inflation eased, tanking the Dollar and sinking Oil.  But, the bearish US news caused rates to rise amid erratic price … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

08-07-2023 “On Melancholy Hill” May Lower Mortgage Rates

----------------------- Up on Melancholy Hill, There's a data tree.  Are they here for bears or bulls? The curve believes that the Fed’s restrictive policy will constrain growth and choke off inflation.  Interpreted data drive rates and yield spreads.As a result, Friday’s Job report gives the Bulls a reason to reverse the bear trend this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

07-31-2023 “Yogi Bear” Oops Boo Boo

----------------------- Chairman Powell is smarter than the average bear;Chairman Powell is always in the trader's hair.At the Banker’s Table, you will find him there,Stuffing down more data than the average bear.What happens to rates for the rest of the year?  The Fed has set up the markets for disruptive moves based on data.  If so, then which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

07-24-2023 Opposing Traffic Causes “Space Truckin” Congestion

----------------------- Well, we had a lot of luck with Bull Trends We always had a ball with Bears.We’re trading all the crazy curves.  Is the Fed sending us to the MURKY Way. Recently two-way mechanical trading reduced the price market-makers charge to hedge, which brought order to mortgage pricing.  Global economic and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

07-17-2023 “Tom Sawyer” Will the 10 Yr Yield Be Adventure or Mishap?

 ----------------------- 7.17.23 "Tom Sawyer" Will the 10 Yr Yield Be Adventure or Mishap? Inflation warriorMean, old hawk.Today's Tom Sawyer Mean, new doveAre aggressive hikes gone?  Last week, the market presumed Doves won as hawkish Jim Bullard resigned as St. Louis Fed President to lead Purdue’s School of Business.  Buyers buy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

07-10-2023 Will the Economy “Rock & Roll” Into a Slowdown

----------------------- 7.10.23 Will the Economy "Rock & Roll" Into a Slowdown Uh, Uh, Flush Flush Ah. Finally, the bears reached our 10 yr yield target of 4.10.  The bears ended the secular bull market in 2022, and all bull comebacks crashed.  With many central banks tightening over 400 basis points in less than a year, when will the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

07-03-2023 Supreme Court Indicates Not Everything is “Black & White”

----------------------- 7.3.23 Supreme Court Indicates Not Everything is "Black & White" -------------------- The ink is black. The page is white. The court tells us to see no race.With the Supreme Court telling universities to value the individual, let’s hope the DEI activists see their folly and return to Color-blindness, Merit, Equal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

06-26-2023 The Markets prepare for “The Launch”

  ----------------------- Get Ready for ShocksHints of stimulus in China caused Oil producing states to cut production and prepare for a global slump.  As a result, the 10 yr yield slipped from 3.80. Get Ready for Lulls       Near-term markets struggle with views on yield curves, currencies, and recessions resulting in erratic range … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

07-25-2022 Blockade, Debt Crisis, Political Turmoil, Economic Uncertainty “You Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”

  Les Parker, CMB Former senior vice president of a national technology and service company. Les Parker Is the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions Advisory Board Member for Ainsworth Advisors; and has served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics, a technology and services … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

https://lykkenonlendingpodcast.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/07/25/TMS+07-25-22.mp3

07-18-2022 “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” Trends are on an Unpredicable Track

  Les Parker, CMB Former senior vice president of a national technology and service company. Les Parker Is the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions Advisory Board Member for Ainsworth Advisors; and has served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics, a technology and services … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

https://lykkenonlendingpodcast.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/07/18/TMS+07-18-22.mp3

07-11-2022 These Times Demand A Hero – Maybe The Incredible Hulk

  Les Parker, CMB Former senior vice president of a national technology and service company. Les Parker Is the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions Advisory Board Member for Ainsworth Advisors; and has served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics, a technology and services … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

https://lykkenonlendingpodcast.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/07/11/TMS+07-11-22.mp3

6-27-2022 ECB May Be Saving It’s Dance Moves for Bulls

  Les Parker, CMB Former senior vice president of a national technology and service company. Les Parker Is the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions Advisory Board Member for Ainsworth Advisors; and has served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics, a technology and services … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

https://lykkenonlendingpodcast.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/06/27/TMS+06-27-22.mp3

6-20-2022 Waiting for The Bulls

  Les Parker, CMB Former senior vice president of a national technology and service company. Les Parker Is the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions Advisory Board Member for Ainsworth Advisors; and has served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics, a technology and services … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

https://lykkenonlendingpodcast.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/06/20/TMS+06-20-22.mp3

6-13-2022 The Economy is “Crawling” Because Everyone is Confused

  Les Parker, CMB Former senior vice president of a national technology and service company. Les Parker Is the Managing Director at Transformational Mortgage Solutions Advisory Board Member for Ainsworth Advisors; and has served as the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations and Consulting at LoanLogics, a technology and services … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Les Parker Tagged With: ainsworth advisors, Les Parker, Loan Logics, macro market update, TMSpotlight

https://lykkenonlendingpodcast.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/2022/06/13/TMS+06-13-22.mp3
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